Environmental Issues

John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk

John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk

John Ikerd on how we cannot continue to grow at the rate we've been growing in past.

Apr 6, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan

In Japan, fears about nuclear fallout have only been getting worse as disaster cleanup crews struggle with radioactive water leaking out of the Fukushima plant.

Mar 30, 2011 / Press Room

Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan

In Japan, fears about nuclear fallout have only been getting worse as disaster cleanup crews struggle with radioactive water leaking out of the Fukushima plant.

Mar 30, 2011 / MSNBC

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin outlines the key issues America faces as its citizens increasingly rely on concentrated animal feeding operations that require cheap energy in order to operate profita...

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal

Facebook burns more fossil fuel each day than numerous nations.

Mar 29, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Obama Loves Nukes

Obama Loves Nukes Obama Loves Nukes

Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.

Mar 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard

Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time

Already, eighteen countries are overpumping their aquifers, and few realize that in the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.

Mar 22, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture

After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture

The 1979 partial meltdown prompted more regulations and greater enforcement. Then in the 1990s, a Republican Congress took aim.

Mar 22, 2011 / Christian Parenti

Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’ Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’

Joining Charlie Rose, Schell explains that nuclear power has no place in a world so vulnerable to widespread disaster.

Mar 18, 2011 / Press Room

The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket

According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.

Mar 17, 2011 / Press Room

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